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Habsburg Civil Servants: Between Civil Society and the State

Habsburg Civil Servants: Between Civil Society and the State

Maxwell, Alexander
Ličen, Dasa

Hardcover

Series: Austrian and Habsburg Studies, Book 37

Austrian & Hungarian HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1805399713
ISBN13: 9781805399711
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: May 1 2025
Pages: 232
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Habsburg Empire's development into a modern nation state was, necessarily, bound up with the emergence of a vast bureaucratic network of civil servants. Responsible for addressing diverse social problems in areas such as education, public transportation, and health services, these officials enabled the Habsburg monarchy to maintain rule over geographically disparate domains. While Habsburg civil servants were often maligned as instruments of an oppressive regime, this volume provides a new perspective on their lives during the nineteenth century, spotlighting how they simultaneously constituted and challenged the state. In doing so, Habsburg Civil Servants reconceptualizes our understanding of the boundary between the realms of the state and the public.

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